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  2021-01-07

  How the Pandemic Has Affected Refugees

  In this episode, we at the Podcast of the Plague Year were granted the opportunity to record interviews with two organizations assisting refugees that have been relocated to Arizona- RICE and Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest. Refugees are those who have been forced to flee their country because of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, or political opinion. Almost 3 quarters of a million refugees have been resettled in the United States since 2008; they often come with very little resources to begin life anew once resettled. Life for refugees during resettlement comes with hope, but also with struggles to learn a new language, navigate new employment and educational systems and integrate into a new society. It is easy to imagine how a pandemic could intensify already existing struggles.
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  2020-09-07

  Jewish Melbourne: Jewish Care blog post- Putting Children First

  Blog post for Jewish Care by Marilyn Kraner, Manager - Individual & Family Services, discussing child protection during the pandemic
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  2020-09-15

  Jewish Melbourne: Jewish Care blog post - 'what can be done if you're unemployed during coronavirus'

  An article by Simon Jedwab, Program Manager - Employment Centre, providing advice and support for people who are unemployed during the pandemic
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  2020-09-02

  Experts fear pandemic could spur dramatic spike in homelessness

  PHOENIX – For more than three decades, André House just west of downtown has provided food, showers, temporary housing and other services to Arizonans experiencing homelessness or poverty. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of families seeking such services has almost doubled, said Ash Uss, the faith-based nonprofit’s coordinator of advocacy and partnerships. “We have had families who show up and say, ‘I was just evicted,’ or ‘I’m about to be evicted,’ or ‘We’re living out of our car,’” Uss said. “The need is greater than it ever was.” On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implemented a nationwide temporary eviction moratorium through the end of the year to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Under the order, landlords cannot evict renters who meet certain conditions: “exhausted their best efforts to pay rent, seek Government rental assistance, and are likely to become homeless due to eviction,” according to a statement from the White House. However, the latest efforts may have little impact for those already struggling to secure housing. A July report from University of Arizona researchers suggests the spike in people seeking homeless services at André House and elsewhere in metro Phoenix may be just the beginning. Researchers found the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic shutdown could increase the state’s homeless population – about 11,000 as of January – by 16% to 42%. “I think everybody needs to take this very seriously,” said Claudia Powell, associate director of the university’s Southwest Institute for Research on Women and co-author of the report, which put the number of at-risk renters at 365,000. “It will be a bigger crisis than we can imagine if we don’t act soon.”
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  2020-09-01

  ‘We all need to brace ourselves’: Experts fear pandemic could spur dramatic spike in homelessness

  By Jessica Myers | Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship
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  May 1, 2020

  Evansville IN Eastland Mall Community Easter Service (3)

  These photographs were taken to document some of what people in Evansville and its Tri-State region saw and experienced as the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic came to the area in the spring of 2020. Many of these images represent literal signs of the time, while others figuratively depict signs of the pandemic.
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  May 1, 2020

  Evansville IN Eastland Mall Community Easter Service (2)

  These photographs were taken to document some of what people in Evansville and its Tri-State region saw and experienced as the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic came to the area in the spring of 2020. Many of these images represent literal signs of the time, while others figuratively depict signs of the pandemic.
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  May 1, 2020

  Evansville IN Eastland Mall Community Easter Service

  These photographs were taken to document some of what people in Evansville and its Tri-State region saw and experienced as the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic came to the area in the spring of 2020. Many of these images represent literal signs of the time, while others figuratively depict signs of the pandemic.
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  2020-04-29

  Digital Worship

  With some churches contesting the Kansas governor's restrictions upon large religious gatherings, thus prompting legal and political battles between the state's executive and legislative branches, many churches continued to spread the Good Word through live online platforms rather than become a COVID cluster like several other houses of worship in other parts of the state.
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  2020-04-30

  St. Lucas Evangelical Lutheran Church electronic signboard

  Images of a signboard displaying information related to the pandemic and religious services located outside a local Lutheran Church in St. Louis, Missouri. #REL101
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  2020-04-06

  REL - "16 Funny Church Signs About Corona Virus"

  It is a series of humorous photos of church signs about their services and corona virus.
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  2020-04-20

  In response to the corona virus

  Due to the pandemic, all in-person worship and meetings are canceled. On-line services offered through the church's web site.
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  2020-04-20

  Covid-19

  Sign in front of church detailing how to get help and access to church services on-line.
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  2020-03-13

  COVID-19 Upends American Religious Life

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  2020-03-16

  Witness in the Plague A Simple Tip Sheet for Churches to Manage Infectious Diseases Like COVID-19

  A tip sheet for how churches should respond to CO-19.